The abstract music is just more interesting because it doesn't really have anything to say, but if it is good, it creates thoughts and feelings, and I enjoy that. For me, once the music creates those thoughts and feelings, I begin to write a song about it.
Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
Anybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work.
You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.
Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
One of the things that upset me was some of the criticism leveled at Simon and Garfunkel. I always took exception to it, but actually I agree with a lot of it.